hexapod
English
/ˈhɛk.sə.pɒd/, /ˈhɛk.sə.pɑd/
noun
Definitions
- Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
- An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
- (dated) An insect.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ-, πούς (foot, leg).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πούς
Gloss
foot, leg
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
脚
Emoji
🐾
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hexapodal English
- phalarope English
- pous English
- chilopodus Latin
- diplopodus Latin
- podetium Latin
- garbo Italian
- -podo Spanish, Castilian
- Μελάμπους Ancient Greek
- δασύπους Ancient Greek
- κορωνόπους Ancient Greek
- λαγώπους Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- λευκός Ancient Greek
- πέλλυτρα Ancient Greek
- ποδάγρα Ancient Greek
- ποδάρκης Ancient Greek
- ποδήνεμος Ancient Greek
- ποδανιπτήρ Ancient Greek
- ποδοστράβη Ancient Greek
- ποδώκης Ancient Greek
- πούς Ancient Greek
- τετράπους Ancient Greek
- τρίπους Ancient Greek
- χυτρόπους Ancient Greek
- ἀναποδίζω Ancient Greek
- ἀνδράποδον Ancient Greek
- ἄπους Ancient Greek
- ἐρυθρόπους Ancient Greek
- ἐχινόπους Ancient Greek
- ἑξαποδ- Ancient Greek
- Ἔμπουσα Ancient Greek
- ἱμαντόπους Ancient Greek
- ἱστόποδες Ancient Greek
- ὀκτάπους Ancient Greek
- ὀκτώπους Ancient Greek
- ὑποπόδιον Ancient Greek
- ὠκύπους Ancient Greek
- *pṓds Proto-Indo-European
- ποδάγρα Greek (modern)
- -pus Translingual